Project Technical Specialist – Transformational Impact

World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization working to improve the quality of life of people, especially children who are marginalized and living in poverty. World Vision helps all who are in need, regardless of their religion, race, ethnicity or gender. As a child-focused organization, WVI Vietnam’s work focuses on children, ensuring they are protected and their basic needs are met. World Vision International in Vietnam (WVIV) has been funded by 13 support countries in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Australia. Funding of WVI Vietnam consists of sponsorship program funding (70%) and Private Non-Sponsorship (PNS)/grants (30%). WVI Vietnam employs about 400 staff, of which 99% are Vietnamese nationals. 

WVIV is operating in 25 Area Programs (AP) in 4 zones: North 1 (Dien Bien, Ha Noi, Hai Phong), North 2 (Thanh Hoa, Hung Yen, Quang Ninh), Central (Quang Nam, Quang Tri, and Da Nang), and South (Quang Ngai, Ho Chi Minh, DakNong). WVIV’s AP usually focuses on one administrative district of a province which populated by ethnic minority people with high rates of poverty. A uniqueness of WVI Vietnam’s Development Program Approach (DPA) is that AP team members are based at the district level where the AP is located, which enables them to work closely with government partners and communities on a daily basis. Besides the APs, WVIV is also implementing different Special and Grant Projects to meet the specific needs of vulnerable children in both AP and non-AP areas.

Under the support of World Vision United States (WVUS), WVIV will implement THRIVE 2030 - Building Secure Livelihoods (BSL) Project in 25 existing and 6 potential APs, with the project goal: “Households and communities build improved, resilient, and sustainable livelihoods for child well-being” and four main outcomes; (1) Positive behaviour change and household transformation to an Empowered Worldview; (2) Improved access to financial services for Savings for Transformation (S4T) Groups; (3) Profitable and sustainable enterprises established for household income security through Local Value Chain Development (LVCD); and (4) Improved delivery and quality of interventions to maximize impact for households. The project aims to improve economic empowerment and the accessibility of financial services for the most vulnerable households in target communities. The THRIVE 2030 will be implemented under the umbrella of WVIV’s Livelihoods Technical Program and Micro Finance Unit’s operation. The project duration will be divided two phases: The first phase is from 2024 to 2027 and the second phase is from 2028 to 2030.

The purpose of this position is to coordinate and provide technical support for the successful integration and implementation of Community Development Based Internal Resources (CDBIR) module within the THRIVE 2030 PNS and other target areas in line with World Vision Viet Nam programming to ensure improved wellbeing outcomes of children in Viet Nam as guided by National Office Strategy and applicable policies guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

Project implementation (60%): 

• Sufficient understanding of the CDBIR approach to be able to lead the learning and adaptation of CDBIR in the project. 
• Coordinate assessment of target communities needs views to establish development of customized training curricula and manuals in community development view. 
• Train and coach the CDBIR model in the THRIVE 2030 strategy and deliverables to APs and relevant communities. 
• Oversee and support the APs to mobilize target project participants within and outside world vision operation areas and organize for training as guided by the project design. 
• Conduct the CDBIR training to the project participants, community agents leaders, including Trainer of Trainers and Trainer of Facilitators if needed.  
• Conduct extensive field visits and offer technical and strategic support to staffs in THRIVE implementing at APs within cooperation with Livelihood TPOs.  
• Maintain regular communication with THRIVE 2030 Regional Integration Managers, World Vision US team and Project manager as needed

Partner Engagement and Rollout CDBIR (20%)

• Provide technical support to the THRIVE implementing ADPs on how to run the curriculum on family and positive parenting.   
• Guide the integration and implementation of CDBIR in project’s activities for greater impact measurement processes as appropriate.  
• Organize for and support successful donor visits within the area programs.
• Ensure effective integration with other THRIVE components and partners. 

Monitoring, reporting and evaluation (15%)

• Track, keep record, and share the number of participants reached by the project implementation in every quarter.
• Support in the development of project’s reports and the documentation of the project’s most significant change stories. 
• Support in CDBIR adaptation processes, project assessments, planning, implementation, monitoring & evaluation, documentation and dissemination of promising practices 
• Support outcome #1 on Positive behaviour change and household transformation to more active and confident in making their own change in gathering THRIVE and related data for reporting on Semi-Annual, Annual Reports and annual TP Report). 
• Support regular learning forum to profile, communicate and ensure adoption of promising practices. 
• Support quality reviews of program reports and core documents as per WVI guidelines and donor standards.

Others (5%)

• Participate in any other concept and proposal writing relating to CDBIR as delegated by direct manager.  
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by Direct Supervisor.  

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and listen deeply to people from high-poverty contexts.
• Demonstrated ability to work sensitively and effectively with people from different backgrounds and cultural contexts and nationalities, and also with people who is working with leveraging community strengthens.  
• Excellent training and coaching skills and ability to develop own training methods and materials.
• Strong interpersonal, diplomatic and negotiating skills, ability to influence and exercise discretion.
• Be committed to work with the poor and have customer service-oriented mindset; 
• Carefulness, proactiveness, hardworking and detail oriented
• Willingness to support, articulate and demonstrate World Vision’s core in meaningful ways to children and communities, colleagues, partners, parents and communities
• Self-motivated, innovative, and able to work under pressure 
• Excellent communication, networking and interpersonal skills 
• Ability to speak English fluently 

Required Professional Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience 2 of which must be in leveraging community strengthens, 
• Proven ability to conceptualize, innovate, plan and manage programs as well as transfer knowledge and skills.  
• Experience working with community, NGO contexts, especially in difficulty areas.   
• Must have proven analytical, problem-solving skills and ability to work with minimum supervision. 
• Proven ability to cultivate long term partnerships with local communities and transnormal community. 
• Experience in grants management and managing databases in an NGO setting
• Experience in capacity building for local stakeholders/partners. 

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• Bachelor’s Degree in either Social Sciences, Development from a recognized institution or related field 
• Postgraduate education/studies in Development, project management will be an added advantage